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Proc 9443ProclamationObama · DCeremonial

Proclamation 9443

National Women's Health Week, 2016

This proclamation designates May 8-14, 2016 as National Women's Health Week, encouraging Americans to celebrate progress in women's health and promote awareness, preventive care, and educational activities. It highlights ACA benefits for women and expresses opposition to restrictions on reproductive health access, but contains no binding policy directives or mandates.

Federal Register Open PDF 81 FR 29461

Impact dates

  1. National Women's Health Week begins

Key directives

No discrete directives extracted.

Timeline

Immediate

  • Proclamation of National Women's Health Week for May 8-14, 2016

Near term (90d)

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Long term

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Risks & tensions

  • Advocacy language on reproductive rights may draw political attention despite ceremonial nature
  • ACA references became contested following 2016 election
Proclamation 9443: National Women's Health Week, 2016 · Executive Orders